(a)  All unexpended or unencumbered balances of general revenue appropriations, whether regular or special appropriations, at the end of any fiscal year, shall revert to the surplus account in the general fund, and may be reappropriated by the governor to the ensuing fiscal year and made immediately available for the same purposes as the former appropriations; provided, that the disposition of unexpended or unencumbered appropriations for the general assembly and legislative agencies shall be determined by the joint committee on legislative affairs, and written notification given thereof to the state controller within twenty (20) days after the end of the fiscal year; and furthermore that the disposition of unexpended or unencumbered appropriations for the judiciary shall be determined by the state court administrator, and written notification given thereof to the state controller within twenty (20) days after the end of the fiscal year.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 35-3-15

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.

(b)  The governor shall submit a report of such reappropriations to the chairperson of the house finance committee and the chairperson of the senate finance committee of each reappropriation stating the general revenue appropriation, the unexpended or unencumbered balance, the amount reappropriated, and an explanation of the reappropriation and the reason for the reappropriation by August 20 of each year.

History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-15; P.L. 1968, ch. 99, § 4; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 79, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 16, § 11; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 43, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 2, § 2.